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Great! (Once you get it working) 
- Version: 28, 2/19/2005 07:15PM PST
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mystereys
Feedback requested on RealPlayer 10 final - Version: 28, 10/3/2004 09:47AM PST
christianturner
Streamers 28 worked fine with RealPlayer 10 beta and with RealOne - the earlier version. I'm now encountering some odd bugs with the final version of RealPlayer 10. If you're using the non-beta RealPlayer 10, please let me know by email (see help file) whether Streamers is working properly for you and what sort of trouble, if any, you're having. Note that only streams whose Stream Format is set to Real, rather than Other, ought be affected. Thanks.
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- Feedback requested on RealPlayer 10 final
Streamers needs to be dragged to Applications - Version: 28, 8/26/2004 04:20PM PST
christianturner
The way I packaged up the latest version might lead to problems. In order for iCal to find Streamers (and so for scheduled recordings to work), Streamers (the app itself - not the folder containing the app) needs to be dragged to the Applications folder. So when you download, open the folder containing the version of Streamers you want (for RealPlayer 10 or RealPlayer 9) and drag the Streamers app to your Applications folder.
I'll probably package the next version differently to avoid this wrinkle.
Outstanding!!! Seemless & stable. Thanks. (suggestions) - Version: 28, 8/18/2004 11:40PM PST
Schlomoe
Great program that really does what is says. I certainly have no complaints at all. Thank you.
If I could suggest a couple of features that would make it perfect (for my personal uses)...
I know very little about writing software, so this may be more about iTunes that Streamers, but, it would be really great for me to have the ability to choose a bit rate for each individual scheduled recording (for it's import to iTunes) without necessarily affecting the default import bit rate in iTunes' Preferences. For example, if I were to record O'Franken (now re-titled The AL Franken Show), I'd prefer that it imports to iTunes at a much lower bit rate (like an audiobook) than when I'm importing from a music CD. This feature doesn't make or break this program in any way, as one can achieve the the same thing in other ways. It just isn't automated. This is a great program.
If I could suggest a couple of features that would make it perfect (for my personal uses)...
I know very little about writing software, so this may be more about iTunes that Streamers, but, it would be really great for me to have the ability to choose a bit rate for each individual scheduled recording (for it's import to iTunes) without necessarily affecting the default import bit rate in iTunes' Preferences. For example, if I were to record O'Franken (now re-titled The AL Franken Show), I'd prefer that it imports to iTunes at a much lower bit rate (like an audiobook) than when I'm importing from a music CD. This feature doesn't make or break this program in any way, as one can achieve the the same thing in other ways. It just isn't automated. This is a great program.
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Version 28 note - Version: 28, 8/16/2004 06:50AM PST
christianturner
The version 28 package contains three folders. One contains the version 28 binary (with source and help) for RealPlayer 10 users. There are no enhancements from version 26, aside from the support for RealPlayer 10. The second folder contains version 26 of Streamers for users of older versions of RealPlayer. The upshot: if you already have version 26 and are not using RealPlayer 10, then there's no need to download the new version.
Works beautifully - Version: 26, 5/7/2004 11:46AM PST
jimkessler--2008
This is a terrific little product. It worked not only with iTunes 4.2, but iTunes 4.5 on the day that upgrade was released, too, with no problems. Christian's CarTalk fix is necessary, though, if you want to record that program. I think the only issue I ran into was when the Streamers Library once didn't re-find itself properly after I continually added and deleted programs from its Library.
One night, I had the eMac turn itself on (Panther required), record four hours of programs scheduled through iCal, and shut itself off (again, Panther is needed) an hour after the recording was done. Just a note: it took my computer about half an hour to import a three hour recording into iTunes. I don't have an iPod, so I simply burn a CD-R or CD-RW. Burned as an audio file, I think I got a little under 80 minutes on one CD-R. For a two-hour audio program, iTunes will tell you up front that it will require two CDs. It will intelligently fill the first CD, and then ask for the second blank to burn the remainder. (Of course, MP3s take up much less space - probably 4-5 hours on one CD.) This is living!
One night, I had the eMac turn itself on (Panther required), record four hours of programs scheduled through iCal, and shut itself off (again, Panther is needed) an hour after the recording was done. Just a note: it took my computer about half an hour to import a three hour recording into iTunes. I don't have an iPod, so I simply burn a CD-R or CD-RW. Burned as an audio file, I think I got a little under 80 minutes on one CD-R. For a two-hour audio program, iTunes will tell you up front that it will require two CDs. It will intelligently fill the first CD, and then ask for the second blank to burn the remainder. (Of course, MP3s take up much less space - probably 4-5 hours on one CD.) This is living!
Fix for Car Talk - Version: 26, 4/26/2004 08:43AM PST
christianturner
One user helpfully emailed me concerning problems with the Car Talk Library item. It indeed does not work. You can download (and the Import into Streamers) a data file from "http://homepage.mac.com/christianturner/Streamers25.data that contains a working Car Talk item, as well as some French radio items with which I have been helping another user. The Car Talk item now opens the stream through the browser first, rather than directly in RealOne Player - which is for several reasons less desirable.
By the way, I'd love for people to post or to send to me their Libraries - I'll post them for others to download and Import. Just post or send the Streamers25.data file located in your ~/Library/Preferences directory.
By the way, I'd love for people to post or to send to me their Libraries - I'll post them for others to download and Import. Just post or send the Streamers25.data file located in your ~/Library/Preferences directory.
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toad_DMC: You can do some monthly events - Version: 26, 4/24/2004 04:53AM PST
christianturner
but not (yet) of the kind to which you refer. Streamers listens to iCal to get the recording schedule. So you can set up your recording as, say a weekly recording, and then go to iCal and change it to a monthly recording. Streamers understands monthly recordings but only of the following type: Record on the 12th of every month. It cannot yet properly interpret: Record on the 1st tuesday of every month. The cleancalendar() routine in Streamers needs to be modified to interpret such events. (The chief difficulty is that for recurring events, iCal only stores, as it should, the first day of the event. The others are computed based on the recurrence rule. Streamers, every time it is launched or finishes a recording, cleans up the calendar to move recurring events into the future - so that the first date of a recurring event is always the next one.)
This site: http://www.kanzaki.com/docs/ical/rrule.html contains a good summary of the recurrence rules, some of which iCal uses. Streamers needs to be able to interpret the BYDAY= rule when the frequency is monthly.
This site: http://www.kanzaki.com/docs/ical/rrule.html contains a good summary of the recurrence rules, some of which iCal uses. Streamers needs to be able to interpret the BYDAY= rule when the frequency is monthly.
How about "monthly" scheduling? - Version: 26, 4/23/2004 08:10PM PST
toad_DMC
Nifty program, but I'd like to be able to schedule it to record a monthly show... 1st Tuesday of every month, in this case... I see single date, weekly, and daily...
Make sure you're getting the latest version! - Version: 26, 4/23/2004 11:05AM PST
christianturner
Make sure you've downloaded version 26! Safari seems to maintain prior downloads in cache. If you're having difficulty, resetting Safari will permit you to download the proper version - as will using some other browser. You can also click on the alternate download link, which points to a different filename but the same file. Your download ought to be over 300k - if not, you're getting the old version.
Also, I found it a little hard to find the original wiretap program. The version on Ambrosia's website is now Wiretap Pro -- now, they have it set up so that you can keep using the free features (aiff recording) if you don't pay, but you get a pop-up message. This version is not compatible with Streamers. However, the original wiretap is still out there, but it would be really helpful if the Streamers page offered a link to it.
Overall, I heartily recommend this program. NOTE: I do not use the scheduling feature, so I cannot comment on that section of the program.